Away Quote by David Sanborn

I prefer to play in smaller venues because I like the intimacy, the connection with the audience.

— Ludovico Einaudi

It's a different thing playing in a smaller venue where you can actually see people's faces and reactions. It's so much more intimate. You…

— Jann Klose

As much as we love playing the small clubs, we'd really like to get ourselves in front of a larger audience. I'm not talking…

— Chris Frantz

A small venue is so much more intimate and loose. You can actually be more spontaneous, I feel.

— Suzy Bogguss

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

— Jewel

I used to be a big arena person. I thought more people equaled more intensity, but smaller places are a lot more intimate, I…

— Billy Squier

It's fun playing small venues.

— Tracy Chapman

We like playing smaller venues, but we know how many people want to come and see us so we don't ever want to stop…

— Chester Bennington

It's nice to be in a smaller room. I like the big arenas as well, but at my core, I'm a live performer, so…

— Alice Ripley

When you play arenas you can create whatever you want. At a theater the height of the stage and the limitations of the theater…

— Sade Adu

When you're in a big theater, you want to reach the very top of the place. Up to the highest seat, so that each…

— Chita Rivera

The worst thing you can do is compare arenas and compare rooms. Every room is different, in its size, its shape, the acoustics.

— Rhod Gilbert